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Ulez expansion to Outer London cast into doubt as Starmer tells Khan to ‘reflect’ on it after Uxbridge defeat

Rishi Sunak suffers double by-election defeat in Selby and Ainsty, and Somerton and Frome

Evening Standard

Tories braced for ‘disastrous’ by-election defeats

Rishi Sunak has warned MPs they face a ‘tough battle’ in the three crucial by-elections

The Independent UK

Polls close in by-election tests for Rishi Sunak’s leadership

The Tories face a battle to retain the three Commons seats up for grabs.

The Independent UK

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Special advisers got £2.9m in severance payments amid political upheaval

Ministers were also paid more than £400,000 in severance packages.

The Independent UK

Tory MPs pocket £450k in severance payments after political chaos of 2022

TORY MPs scooped hundreds of thousands of pounds in severance payments thanks to the year of political turmoil they caused ...

The National (Scotland)

Ministers given £455,000 in severance payments after year of political turmoil

Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Kwasi Kwarteng and Michael Gove are among the senior figures who accepted severance payments after leaving office.

The Independent UK

Political turmoil in 2022 cost UK taxpayer £3m in severance fees

Pressure to hand back payments grows as documents reveal administrative costs of huge turnover of ministers and advisers

The Guardian - UK

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In graphs: What you need to know ahead of the triple by-election results

Voting is taking place in three very different seats in Greater London, North Yorkshire and Somerset

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson and Liz Truss received huge payouts after resigning as Prime Minister

Liz Truss and Boris Johnson both received more than £18,000 each in compensation when they were forced to quit as Prime Minister.

Evening Standard

Sunak dealt two by-election blows as Tories cling on in Boris Johnson’s former seat – live

Huge Tory majorities overturned in Somerset and Yorkshire, as Sunak clings on in Uxbridge

The Independent UK

Voters head to polls in three byelections seen as test of Rishi Sunak’s premiership – as it happened

Voters are picking new MPs in the constituencies of Somerton and Frome, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, and Selby and Ainsty

The Guardian - UK

Huw Edwards and the question of ‘public interest’

Many important things happened last week, said John Simpson in The i Paper. The US sent a consignment of cluster bombs to Ukraine. The Nato summit was held in Vilnius. We learnt that Boris Johnson had failed to hand over his WhatsApp messages to the Covid Inquiry because, he claimed,…

The Week

Polls open in triple by-election contest after Tories warned of ‘tough battle’

Rishi Sunak had braced MPs at a meeting of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers on the eve of the polls.

The Independent UK

Byelection polls open with Rishi Sunak forecasting ‘tough’ fight to save seats

Opposition parties hope to overturn government majorities in three constituencies vacated by Tory MPs amid controversy

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Starmer’s caution infuriates some in Labour. But there’s method in his mildness

With byelections being fought, and boundary changes in the offing, the Labour leader is wise to resist making promises, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Independent UK

Tories braced for defeats in triple by-election contest

Rishi Sunak warned they face a ‘tough battle’ as Labour and Lib Dems hope to steal the three seats.

The Guardian - UK

‘Even hanging on to one would be a win’: Tories brace for byelection results

Votes in the three very different seats could indicate general election swings and prompt cabinet reshuffle

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak braces Tories for ‘tough battle’ in Thursday’s three by-elections

The Prime Minister spoke to a meeting of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers on the eve of the polls

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The Guardian - UK

Which byelection seats are being fought – and will the Tories lose them?

Polls in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Somerton and Frome, and Selby and Ainsty will test the government’s popularity on Thursday – but local issues are also at the fore

The Independent UK

Sunak braces Tories for ‘tough battle’ in Thursday’s three by-elections

The Prime Minister spoke to a meeting of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers on the eve of the polls.

The Independent UK

‘I don’t trust any of them’: How Boris effect is hitting Tory hopes of keeping Uxbridge seat

Will this Tory town change its colours after Boris Johnson’s dramatic departure from the Commons? Maryam Zakir-Hussain visits Uxbridge ahead of Thursday’s crunch by-election

The Guardian - UK

Big Caesars and Little Caesars by Ferdinand Mount review – rogue’s gallery

A needle-sharp book about political liabilities from Julius Caesar to Boris Johnson

Evening Standard

Bicester Village, Oxfordshire: the go-to spot in England’s beau monde county

How secure is Oxfordshire’s reputation as England’s beau monde county? Just ten years ago, the “Chipping Norton set” ran Britain from a cluster of farmhouses in this delightful part of the country, with Prime Minister David Cameron, and media royalty like Rebekah Brooks and Jeremy Clarkson were all neighbours. Now…

Evening Standard

Uxbridge by-election — a kaleidoscope of loons, jokers and chancers

The circus has come to town! Or more specifically, to Uxbridge and South Ruislip, where the by-election to replace Boris Johnson has become a political funhouse. Robbie Smith heads into the madness

The Independent UK

UK’s governing Conservatives face a reckoning with voters in 3 special elections

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party faces a trio of unwanted verdicts from voters this week

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